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J im- I can barely figure out the typing and have no idea how to post a picture. It is just a hose that comes right out of the side of the plastic reservoir at the front of the reservoir,it joins a thin metal tube that heads straight down and I can't see where it goes to.

That's fine. I looked up your master cylinder on
rockauto.com. There's 2 listings. One with the hose and
one without. The one with, like yours, is for vehicles with
traction control. Vehicles with traction control have the
antilock brake system tied into the traction control. The
two systems work together to help you maintain control if
you go into a skid. So that's what the hose must be for.
HTH. -Jim

You desire a best answer click - I didn't mention that not only my mechanic didn't know the answer but neither did about 5 other car guys and none of them went to the trouble of finding an answer. Now I can inform them so that they'll know what it is for and that might help out someone who is having a problem that might relate to this hose.

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